Kansas Oil & Gas Activity

Kansas statewide summary oil and gas data that goes back to 1980 and contains information on the 430,610 wells that have been drilled in the state since that time. Kansas is ranked #15 in the US based on Barrels of Oil Equivalent (BOE) produced in Oct 2023. You will also find information on the producers of wells as well as recent drilling permits, rigs and production data for producing wells which start in Jan 1980 and go through Nov 2023.

Kansas State Summary Stats

Kansas Oil & Gas State Income: $154,216,704,570
National Energy Production Rank: #15

Kansas Map of Current Permits and Wells

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Kansas Frequently Asked Questions

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How does Kansas rank in the nation for oil and gas production? Kansas currently ranks #15 in the nation based on barrels of oil equivalent (BOE) production.
How many wells were drilled in Kansas so far this year? Kansas has had 430,610 wells drilled this year.
How many approved permits are there in Kansas? There have been 3,810 permits approved in Kansas.
What is the average boe produced by well in Kansas? 106 BBLs of oil equivalent (BOE) is the average amount produced by a single well in Kansas
How many active producers are there in Kansas? There are currently 384 active producers in the state of Kansas.
What is the average depth an oil or gas well is drilled in Kansas? 2,632 feet is the average depth of a well in Kansas.

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Kansas Oil & Gas Activity Stats

Category Last Year Value Current Year Value YoY Trend YoY % Change
Total Wells 429,338 430,610 Up 0.3%
Total Producing Wells 14,152 13,585 Down -4.01%
Percentage of Wells Producing 3% 3% Down -5%
Active Producers 421 384 Down -9%
Total Permits 1,974 3,810 Up 93%
Average Well Depth 2,632 2,632 Flat 0%
Average BOE per Well 113 106 Down -6%

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Other States By Production Rank

Rank State Most Recent Month Oil Produced Gas Produced
# 1 Texas Nov 2023 129.5M BBL 547.8M MCF
# 2 New Mexico Dec 2023 59.4M BBL 280.6M MCF
# 4 North Dakota Dec 2023 37.7M BBL 107.1M MCF
# 5 Pennsylvania Dec 2023 BBL 275.7M MCF
# 5 Louisiana Nov 2023 1.5M BBL 251.2M MCF
# 6 Arkansas Jun 2023 890.3K BBL 269.7M MCF
# 7 Colorado Nov 2023 14.3M BBL 179.7M MCF
# 8 Oklahoma Aug 2023 15.4M BBL 151M MCF
# 9 Ohio Dec 2018 2.1M BBL 224.6M MCF
# 10 West Virginia Dec 2018 1.2M BBL 166.1M MCF
# 10 California May 2023 BBL MCF
# 11 Wyoming Nov 2023 6.5M BBL 124.6M MCF
# 12 Utah Sep 2023 4.9M BBL 24.5M MCF
# 13 Mississippi Nov 2023 1.2M BBL 17.3M MCF
# 14 Montana Nov 2023 1.8M BBL 9.1M MCF
# 15 Alabama Oct 2023 BBL MCF
# 15 Kansas Oct 2023 BBL 8.6M MCF
# 16 Michigan Jul 2023 BBL MCF

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Annual Kansas Oil & Gas Production

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Kansas Oil & Gas Wells Completed by Year

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Kansas Oil & Gas Permits by Year

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Browse All Producing Kansas Companies

Top Oil & Gas Producers by BOE in Kansas

Producer Name Location Production Date Monthly BOE Produced Producing Wells Trailing 12 Month Permits
Scout Energy Management LLC Dallas, TX Oct 2023 734.9K BBL 5,556 N/A
Merit Energy Company, LLC Dallas, TX Oct 2023 286.1K BBL 2,291 N/A
River Rock Operating, LLC Oklahoma City, OK Oct 2023 76.9K BBL 1,578 N/A
RedBud Oil & Gas Operating, LLC Spring, TX Oct 2023 42.8K BBL 1,013 N/A
Casillas Petroleum Corp Satanta, KS Oct 2023 39K BBL 326 N/A
Kansas Natural Gas Operating, LC Hays, KS Oct 2023 17.6K BBL 185 N/A
Edison Operating Company LLC Wichita, KS Oct 2023 16.2K BBL 159 N/A
Pantera Energy Company Amarillo, TX Oct 2023 10.1K BBL 76 N/A
XTO Energy Inc. Oklahoma City, OK Oct 2023 9.7K BBL 104 N/A
Own Resources Operating LLC Breckenridge, CO Oct 2023 9.6K BBL 379 N/A
Colt Energy Inc Iola, KS Oct 2023 8.7K BBL 103 N/A
Becker Oil Corporation Ponca City, OK Oct 2023 7.2K BBL 26 N/A
Cherokee Wells LLC Fredonia, KS Oct 2023 6.5K BBL 81 N/A
Bear Petroleum, LLC Haysville, KS Oct 2023 4.3K BBL 73 N/A
Ritchie Exploration, Inc. Wichita, KS Oct 2023 4.2K BBL 7 N/A
Lobo Production, Inc Goodland, KS Oct 2023 4K BBL 122 N/A
Oil Producers, Inc. of Kansas Wichita, KS Oct 2023 4K BBL 46 N/A
Smith Oil & Gas LLC N/A Oct 2023 3.9K BBL 189 N/A
American Warrior, Inc. Garden City, KS Oct 2023 3.6K BBL 28 N/A
Falcon Exploration, Inc. Wichita, KS Oct 2023 3.5K BBL 14 N/A
Messenger Petroleum, Inc. Kingman, KS Oct 2023 2.9K BBL 27 N/A
Lowry Exploration, Inc. Tulsa, OK Oct 2023 2.7K BBL 10 N/A
BEREXCO LLC Wichita, KS Oct 2023 2.5K BBL 27 N/A
Endeavor Energy Resources, LP Midland, TX Oct 2023 2.5K BBL 38 N/A
LB Exploration, Inc. Holyrood, KS Oct 2023 2.2K BBL 18 N/A

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Browse All Producing Kansas Properties

Kansas Top Lease Properties by BOE

Lease Property State County Cumulative BOE Producer Name(s)
McPherson College Kansas Stanton County 3.3M BBL DNR Oil and Gas, Inc.
WILBURTON MORROW SAND UNIT Kansas Morton County 2.9M BBL Merit Energy Company, LLC
Hughes 3408 Kansas Harper County 2.9M BBL SandRidge Exploration and Production LLC
INTERSTATE UNIT Kansas Morton County 2.7M BBL Anadarko Petroleum Corporation
SHERMAN Kansas Finney County 2.3M BBL PetroSantander (USA) Inc.
Johnson Heirs Kansas Grant County 2.2M BBL Merit Energy Company, LLC,OXY USA Inc.
W. B. Scherling Kansas Grant County 2.1M BBL Merit Energy Company, LLC
WAUDBY Kansas Russell County 2.1M BBL Mar-Lou Oil Co., LLC
PAUL MEYER Kansas Edwards County 1.8M BBL 3G Production, LLC
E. L. Johnson Kansas Grant County 1.8M BBL OXY USA Inc.
BERRYMAN RICHFIELD UNIT Kansas Morton County 1.7M BBL Scout Energy Management LLC
ONION 'B' Kansas Haskell County 1.7M BBL Merit Energy Company, LLC
Bennett Kansas Gove County 1.6M BBL Norstar Petroleum, Inc.
Shonn Gregory Kansas Stanton County 1.6M BBL Merit Energy Company, LLC
PATTON 'B' Kansas Scott County 1.5M BBL Novy Oil & Gas, Inc.
Helen Krey Kansas Morton County 1.5M BBL Scout Energy Management LLC
Heintz 'B' Kansas Morton County 1.5M BBL Scout Energy Management LLC
WIESNER Kansas Ellis County 1.5M BBL Grady Bolding Corporation
SCHROEDER, JOHN Kansas Ellsworth County 1.5M BBL DaMar Resources, Inc.
ENYART Kansas Butler County 1.4M BBL Vess Oil Corporation
HITCH UNIT was B&B ROYALTY 'A' 1 Kansas Seward County 1.4M BBL ELM III Operating Company LLC
Cox Kansas Haskell County 1.4M BBL Abercrombie Energy, LLC,Merit Energy Company, LLC
Dumler 'C' Kansas Russell County 1.3M BBL Murfin Drilling Co., Inc.
FLOYD 'B' Kansas Chautauqua County 1.3M BBL Cunningham Crude, a General Partnership
MCFERREN Kansas Finney County 1.3M BBL North American Resources Company

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Kansas Counties By Production

County National Rank State Rank Production Value Producers Production Date Oil Produced Monthly Gas Produced Monthly BOE Produced Daily
Allen County, KS #647 #30 $853,493,988 2 Oct 2023 BBL 10.5K MCF 58.73 BOE
Barber County, KS #518 #14 $2,933,164,472 86 Oct 2023 BBL 99.3K MCF 552.03 BOE
Barton County, KS #650 #31 $4,411,331,262 7 Oct 2023 BBL 9.4K MCF 52.6 BOE
Chautauqua County, KS #686 #42 $866,151,071 1 Oct 2023 BBL 3.2K MCF 17.83 BOE
Cheyenne County, KS #526 #15 $534,736,546 7 Oct 2023 BBL 85.5K MCF 474.93 BOE
Clark County, KS #641 #27 $967,856,554 28 Oct 2023 BBL 12.9K MCF 72.07 BOE
Comanche County, KS #594 #18 $1,202,856,086 39 Oct 2023 BBL 32.2K MCF 179.13 BOE
Cowley County, KS #708 #46 $1,450,968,257 1 Oct 2023 BBL 200 MCF 1.1 BOE
Edwards County, KS #646 #29 $918,918,682 26 Oct 2023 BBL 11.1K MCF 62.13 BOE
Ellsworth County, KS #656 #33 $899,325,107 1 Oct 2023 BBL 7.3K MCF 41.1 BOE
Finney County, KS #323 #4 $8,442,591,759 36 Oct 2023 BBL 643.2K MCF 3.5K BOE
Ford County, KS #595 #19 $647,586,757 5 Oct 2023 BBL 30.5K MCF 169.47 BOE
Grant County, KS #238 #2 $11,448,882,572 12 Oct 2023 BBL 1.5M MCF 8.3K BOE
Gray County, KS #620 #22 $280,359,757 3 Oct 2023 BBL 20.2K MCF 112.7 BOE
Greeley County, KS #663 #35 $1,050,455,404 5 Oct 2023 BBL 5.8K MCF 32.27 BOE
Hamilton County, KS #485 #12 $1,661,951,892 18 Oct 2023 BBL 154.3K MCF 857.37 BOE
Harper County, KS #657 #34 $1,711,420,591 26 Oct 2023 BBL 7K MCF 39.23 BOE
Harvey County, KS #665 #36 $367,112,913 10 Oct 2023 BBL 5.7K MCF 31.87 BOE
Haskell County, KS #354 #7 $7,348,781,367 38 Oct 2023 BBL 548.8K MCF 3K BOE
Hodgeman County, KS #581 #17 $1,070,867,197 1 Oct 2023 BBL 37.2K MCF 206.67 BOE
Johnson County, KS #683 #41 $435,841,148 1 Oct 2023 BBL 3.5K MCF 20 BOE
Kearny County, KS #257 #3 $9,238,207,729 27 Oct 2023 BBL 1.2M MCF 7K BOE
Kingman County, KS #571 #16 $1,747,477,502 47 Oct 2023 BBL 44.6K MCF 247.9 BOE
Kiowa County, KS #645 #28 $1,101,782,542 34 Oct 2023 BBL 11.7K MCF 65.47 BOE
Labette County, KS #500 #13 $259,271,313 9 Oct 2023 BBL 136.6K MCF 758.43 BOE
Marion County, KS #674 #39 $544,846,775 8 Oct 2023 BBL 4.8K MCF 27.07 BOE
McPherson County, KS #698 #45 $1,226,236,222 2 Oct 2023 BBL 738 MCF 4.1 BOE
Meade County, KS #615 #21 $997,582,358 51 Oct 2023 BBL 21.1K MCF 117.47 BOE
Montgomery County, KS #447 #11 $1,202,227,483 13 Oct 2023 BBL 236K MCF 1.3K BOE
Morton County, KS #343 #6 $6,250,868,210 30 Oct 2023 BBL 573.2K MCF 3.1K BOE
Neosho County, KS #417 #9 $940,362,238 6 Oct 2023 BBL 286.8K MCF 1.5K BOE
Ness County, KS #687 #43 $3,891,326,232 1 Oct 2023 BBL 2.7K MCF 15.07 BOE
Pawnee County, KS #640 #26 $645,812,849 20 Oct 2023 BBL 13.5K MCF 75.37 BOE
Pratt County, KS #655 #32 $1,235,387,907 32 Oct 2023 BBL 8K MCF 44.47 BOE
Reno County, KS #681 #40 $1,179,382,452 20 Oct 2023 BBL 3.8K MCF 21.43 BOE
Rice County, KS #667 #37 $1,964,537,073 8 Oct 2023 BBL 5.4K MCF 30.5 BOE
Rush County, KS #625 #23 $755,493,965 2 Oct 2023 BBL 19.4K MCF 108.17 BOE
Scott County, KS #632 #24 $991,320,664 5 Oct 2023 BBL 14.9K MCF 82.93 BOE
Seward County, KS #408 #8 $4,101,909,678 61 Oct 2023 BBL 324.5K MCF 1.8K BOE
Sherman County, KS #605 #20 $114,161,890 3 Oct 2023 BBL 25.7K MCF 142.83 BOE
Stafford County, KS #633 #25 $3,082,216,615 24 Oct 2023 BBL 14.5K MCF 80.7 BOE
Stanton County, KS #338 #5 $3,894,024,361 24 Oct 2023 BBL 578.9K MCF 3.2K BOE
Stevens County, KS #233 #1 $14,167,733,123 35 Oct 2023 BBL 1.5M MCF 8.6K BOE
Sumner County, KS #673 #38 $1,356,064,256 14 Oct 2023 BBL 5K MCF 27.9 BOE
Washington County, KS #296 #4 $6,227,805,790 32 Nov 2023 76.8K BBL 286.9K MCF 4.5K BOE
Wichita County, KS #39 #44 $17,741,962,285 78 Nov 2023 33.8K BBL 35.8M MCF 201.5K BOE
Wilson County, KS #494 #10 $772,222,862 10 Nov 2023 13.1K BBL 57.4K MCF 781.07 BOE
Woodson County, KS #420 #9 $1,006,343,365 34 Nov 2023 43.2K BBL MCF 1.5K BOE

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